A dedicated action for the EIT to promote innovation capacity development in European Higher Education?

Yes, please! EU Member states are currently discussing the legislation for the EIT and its Strategic Innovation Agenda. The proposed dedicated action for EIT to boost innovation capacity in universities beyond the KICs is being questioned. Read more why a positive spill-over of the EITs education agenda to a wider community is timely and relevant, and how it can help to transform higher education. Download our paper ! YERUN previously advocated for more openness in KIC membership, urging for transparent and harmonized membership regulations. Proposed measures aiming for openness are now well integrated in the legislative texts. YERUN also advised for more outreach to higher education institutions (HEIs). Openness and outreach to HEIs are essential to prevent (or mitigate the effects of) a further innovation divide in Europe's higher education landscape, composed on the one hand of established entrepreneurial universities embedded in 'institutionalized' innovation ecosystems, and a larger number of HEIs unable to grasp the opportunities or hampered to raise the bar.